Speaker

Daphne Dufresne, HBS '99

Managing Partner of GenNx 360 Capital Partners

Daphne Dufresne (HBS ’99) is a Managing Partner of GenNx360. She brings extensive investment experience to the firm and is engaged in all aspects of the firm’s investment activities and portfolio management. Previously, Daphne was a founding partner and a Managing Director of RLJ Equity Partners. She was responsible for sourcing, executing and monitoring investments, the day to day management of the firm including fundraising. Prior to RLJ Equity Partners, Daphne was a Partner with Parish Capital Advisors, a $1-billion fund of funds where she initiated and led their direct investment program. Prior, she was a Principal at Weston Presidio, an Associate Director in the Bank of Scotland’s Structured Finance Group and an Associate in Accenture’s (formerly Andersen Consulting) Strategic Services Group.

Daphne earned her B.S. in Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and her MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business. She is happily married with three children.

Speaker

Monica Arora

Partner at Proskauer

Monica Arora is a partner in the Private Funds Group at Proskauer. Her practice focuses on advising sponsors of private investment funds, including credit, buyout, growth equity, infrastructure and real estate funds, including the establishment of bespoke fund structures, joint ventures and other strategic arrangements.

Prior to joining Proskauer, Monica was the global head of the investment funds group at White & Case.

Hemali Dassani (HBS ’99) is an experienced fundraiser and investor relations professional within the alternative investments space and is currently a placement agent and consultant to multiple Private Equity funds. Hemali was previously Director of Investor Relations for Argand Partners and Castle Harlan, middle market private equity funds. Hemali was also a Managing Director with Old City Investment Partners, a multi-family office dedicated to finding high quality investments for the firm’s clientele of family office investors. Ms. Dassani has an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School and a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from Northwestern University. She was President of the Harvard Business School Club of Greater New York and currently sits on the Board of the Club and Chair’s its racial equity task force. Previously she sat on the Board of Governors for the Harvard Business School Real Estate Alumni Association and the Steering Committee for the Harvard Business School Alumni Angels Association.